Key holder



A. J. FORREST KEY iiomana Filed Jan. 20 1925 iiiiiiiiiiiii' IN VENTOR A.Jiorras,

ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 15, 192

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT JOSEPH FORREST,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

KEY HOLDER.

Application filed January 20, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. FORREST, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Key Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to key holders and moreparticularly to aflexible button or belt carried holder, my primaryobject being the provision of an elastic or tensile holder havingeffective means for limiting its extension and which may in its normalcondition be comparatively short in length and thus normally convenientand comfortable to wear.

A further object is the provisionof an extensible key holder and thelike having an attaching tab applicable with equal facility to buttonsand belts, as well as one which will be simple, inexpensive and at thesame time strong and durable.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my present invention andforms a part of this specification,

Figure 1, is an elevatl'on of the complete holder,

Figure 2, is an enlarged view, partly elevation and partly broken awayand section, of coiled body,

Figure 3, is a detail perspective view one of the end caps or ferrules,and

Figure 4, is a detail perspective view of the attaching tab.

Referring now to these figures, my invention proposes a key holderwherein the keys 10, with or without identifying means, as for instancea name plate 11, are held by one or more split rings 12, one through theother where more than a single ring is used, and one through one of theintegrally formed end eyes 13 of the body of the holder in the form of acylindrically coiled spring 14 whose convolutions are normally in theclose contacting relation plainly shown in Figures 1 and 2.

A split ring 15 extends through the other eye 13 and also through theend loop of an attaching tab 16 formed by the attached folded portionsof a strip. of material, preferably leather and the like, which thoughstrong and durable is, at the same-time, of a flexible inelastic nature.This tab, as

most plainly seen in Figure 4, is centrally Serial No. 3,697.

and longitudinally slitted at 17, the slit connecting spaced openings 18which enables the tab to be easily placed over a button or receive abelt in case a button is not present.

It is obvious that being extensible, the cylindrically coiled springbody 14 may be made comparatively short in length and comfortably worn,and my invention provides against over-extension of the spring by meansof a flexible limiting member 19 extending through the spring andconnected at its ends to the inner portions of the eyes 13.

My invention also provides end caps or ferrules 20 of cylindrical form,slightly greater in diameter than the spring coil 14 and inwardly.flanged as at 21, at one end, so as to abut and suflioiently coverthespring ends. These caps or ferrules are diametrically slotted at theirflanged ends as at 22 in order that they may be removed over the eyes 13to permit of ready removal of the limiting cord or connection 19. Thesecaps or ferrules protect the ends of the cord or connection 19 againstdestructive or abrasive contact by the rings 10 and 12.

The holder as thus described is simple, strong and durable, may beconveniently and comfortably worn, readily and effectively used, andwill be inexpensive in first cost and upkeep.

I claim: 7

1. A flexible extensible holder having split rings at its opposite ends,and an attaching tab formed of a folded section of material forming aloopat the bight thereof to receive one of said rings, and havingparallel contacting extensions, said extensions having similar,oppositely disposed lengthwise slits and openings therethrough at theends of said slits.

2. A flexible, extensible holder consisting of a cylindrical coiledspring, rings associated with the ends thereof, a flexible inelasticlimiting connection extending through the spring and connected to theends thereof, and end caps loosely on the ends of the spring serving toprotect the ends of said connection, the said spring having end eyes andsaid end caps having inturned end flanges slotted to pass over the eyes.

ALBERT JOSEPH FORREST. 1

